Intimacy with Yourself (Exploring the Intimacy Deficit #3)

The Living Out Team

Podcasts 33 mins

Intimacy with yourself – feeling comfortable in your own skin – being able to be honest with yourself about yourself. How do we grow in this? Isn’t it all a bit narcissistic and unChristian? How does it connect to intimacy with God and with others? Ed, Andrew and Jeanette talk it through.

Resources mentioned and related

The Intimacy Deficit by Ed Shaw
Keswick Convention talks on the intimacy deficit
Hear Jeanette’s story, in 5 minutes or in 30 minutes
Jeanette’s latest book, ‘Betrothed: wooed by a greater love’

Published 9th October 2025

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